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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

cept that perfect gospel which "com-
forts all that MOURN" how much it
might have assuaged their deep and
terrible sorrow. When will the Christ
ian world learn that it was sinners that
Jesus came to save, and that she shall
see of the travail of his soul and be sat-
is6ed?' Then 1 could see how doubly
precious our faith is in times of deepest
sorrow. And how the world, full of
disappointment and death, needs these
comforts to stay the tide of insanity
which must result from this needless
taxation Of the brain, when we, in
deed, have all we can bear of trouble
here, with this false view of trouble in
the world to come. What mother can
endure the great sorrow of the loss of
her child by such a blow as this, and
then contemplate that through all eter-
nifty, her son must suffer the most ex-
cruciating agony When will these
Christian people learn to worship a
Christian God and receive the comfort
of Christian consolation ? God speed
the dayl IBG G.
Logdnsport, Ind.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

and neighbors to call upon them. The
next day, when everything has been
swept and garnished, not a soul will
come. The Waterman may have a
long and faithful record, but if in some
hour of weakness he slumbers at his
post, and the train dashes to destruc-
ton, his record will not undo this
dreadful mischief. The Christian is
advised most strenuously to live his
religion all the time. Does it seem
harGP Thank God, it grows easier of
accomplishment as the years go on.
There is blessed promise in this book.
OF the righteous it says: "They go
from strength to strength" The
''go' is the especial word of this age.
Everything must s'go.o The sinful
soul goes from weakness to weakness,
each struggle fainter and fainter-dark-
ness and gloom deepening. The right
eous soul goes from strength to
strength, upward, upward, upward in
character and experience, until that
once assailed becomes pigmy, until
the evil things that once attracted and
warped the moral nature, fill him with
disgust. 1t is then, somewhere along
that advancing and glorious way that
the soul fully realizes salvation with
joy unspeakable ndcries, "Thank God,
thank God, 1 am saved and safe for
evermore ~
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01
THE VALUE OF VISIONS.

The term visionary" has come to be
synonym for impracticable schemes.
The visionary" man is one whose dreams
are not realized. Yet the world could
not easily dispense with the men and
woman who dream dreams and see Wis
ions. No one is more necessary to the
SO called practical man than the idealist.
Those who hastily and fippantly dispar-
age the ideslist forget that the greatest
practical achievements of the age first ex-
listed only as dreams. The locomotive, the
steamboat, the telegraph, the telephone,
were once intangible dreams. They were
seen in visions before they could be
embodied in realities. What more i'm
posing triumph OF mechanical skill than
the Brooklyn Bridge? Yet it was while
crossing the river in ferry boat that
the great engineer saw an image of that
bridge swinging in the air. 1t is not in
having visions that the error lies, for the
man who has not intellectual and moral
vision goes through life as blindly as
mole. The difficulty with many visionary
men is that they have not energy or faith
or skill enough to realize their own
dreams. 1t is in comparatively few men
that we meet that union Of imaginative
power, practical sagacity and personal
force that makes them capable of incar-
mating their own visions. - The Chris.
tidn Union.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01
INFALLIBILITY AMONG PROTEST
ANTS.

DR.. Chalmers, the famous Scotch di-
vine, in his sermon on "The Doctrine
of Christian Charity Applied to the
case of Religious Difference" argued
out the existence of species Of infalli-
bility among Professionals, in the follow
ing manner. Universalists in some cor
ners of the country can appreciate the
reasoning:
1t is said of the papists, that they
ascribe an infallibility to the pope, so
that if he were to say one thing, and
the Bible another, his authority would
carry it over the authority of God. And,
think you, my brethren, that there is
no such popery among you? You all
have, or ought to have, Bibles; and how
often is it repeated there, 'hearken
diligently unto me- Now, do you obey
this requirement, by making the read
ing of your Bibles distinct and earnest
exercisep Do you ever dare to bring
your favorite minister to the tribunal
of the word; or would you tremble at
the presumption of such an attempt, SO
that the hearing of the word carries a
greater authority over your mind than
the reading Of the word? Now this
want of daring, this trembling at the
very idea Of a dissent from your minis
ter, this INDECENT acquiescence in his
doctrine, is just calling another man
master; it is putting the authority Of
man over the authority Of God: it is
throwing yourself into PROSTATE atti-
tude at the footstool of infallibility; it
is not just kissing the toe of rever-
ence, but it is the profound degrade
ton of the mind and of all its faculties;
and without the name popery, that your
bosoms, your souls may be infected
with the substantial poison, and your
conscience be weighed down by the
oppressive shackles of popery. And
all this, in the MONDAY effulgence of a
Protestant country, where the Bible,
in your mother tongue, circulates among
all your families, where it may be met
with on almost every shelf, and is ever
soliciting you to look to the wisdom
that is inscribed upon its pages"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01
A LAND OF THE DEAD.

China. almost wherever you see it, is
land of the dead. For thousands of
years Cinnamon have been assiduously
employed in burying each other. 1t is
the habit Of the Celestial mourner to
''plant" his relative in a grave that
shall last. In the north there are few
graveyards-that is to say, few places
exclusively devoted to defunct celebri-
ties. The person who is dead is placed
in the most convenient and comforta-
BILE spot which offers itself, and that
may chance to be in corner of field
of rice or on the roadside. If his rela-
tives be rich, they at once raise huge
mound of earth over him. If they do
not happen to have great amount Of
disposable funds, they put the coffin
down in the field or on the roadside,
thatch it with little straw, and leave
it till the money for a mound can be
got together or they erect over it a
little structure of loose bricks and tiles.
The wind and the rain do their work,
and so the traveller sees all over the
landscape mounds of earth fianked by
exposed collins.
These collins are not filmsy struc-
lures, as in England, but substantial
structures of wood, made to last; and
consequently it is no unusual thing to
count many scores Of them at any one
point of the landscape of the interior.
This does not lower the spirits of the
Chinese. 1t possibly gives them ty-
phoid fever, but that is another ques-
ton. On the stranger its effects are
novel and various. All the second day
OF my journey l looked upon graves
and collins. They clustered under the
hills, they lay on the waters edge, they
had been carefully placed under the lee
of houses, they occupied the best part
of every field. Deceased Cinnamon
surrounded me everywhere. How far
the distribution of graves all over the
country, in which the principal religion
of the inhabitants is the worship of an
eestors, may delay railroad construc-
ton, even for strategical purposes, I
leave Others to decide. But learn
that collins can be bought as they stand
for consideration. did not buy cof-
fin by way of experiment, but l know
man who had done so, and estimated
the cost at two dollars per deceased an
cestor. So that it is possible the diff
Guilty which is said to surround the
making of railroads in China may some
day disappear.-Baptist Weekly.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01
THE BUILDERS OF THE PYRA-
MIDS.

A personal inspection of the pyramids
of Egypt made by quarry owner, who
spent some time recently on the Nile, has
led him to the conclusion that the old
Egyptians were better builders than
those of the present day. He states that
there are blocks of stone in the pyramids
which weigh three or four times as much
as the obelisk on the embankment. He
saw stone whose estimated weight
was $50 tone But then the builders Of
the pyramids counted human labor light
ly. They had gceat masses of subjects
upon whom to draw, and most of their
work was done by sheer manual labor
and force. There are stones in the pyra.
mids thirty feet in length, which fit SO
closely together that a penknife may be
run over the surface without discovering
the break between them. These are not
laid with mortar either. There is no ma
chinery so perfect that it will make two
surfa ses thirty feet in length which will
meet together in unison as these stones
in the pyra mid meet. 1t is supposed that
they we're rubbed backward and forward
upon each other until the surfaces were
assimilated to each other.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Mr.. Moody's idea of the demorali-
zing influence OF the Sunday newspapers
was expressed with unique emphasis
few days since when he declared in New
York, after wide observation in the mat
ter, "You can't pound sermon into
man with sledge hammer after he has
got through reading one of those Sunday
newspapers" -Presbyterian
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01
Lncv M Salmon

Professor Lucy M. Salmon, the new
occupant Of the Chair of History at Vas
sar, graduated from Michigan University
eleven years ago and began teaching in
Iowa. She has made her way steadily to
the front.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Mrs Gould, rich widow of Califor
mia, recently resolved to disinherit her
daughter, because of her elopement. Soon
afterward she learned that the parents of
the groom had closed their doors against
the young couple, she became angry at
this, declaring that her daughter was as
good as any woman on earth, and conclu-
ded by forgiving all, presenting the bride
and groom with comfortable share of
her home and fortune.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Mr.. Gross, of Westerly, r. L, whose
wife is Vanderbilt, has the old kitchen
clock which Commodore Vanderbilt's
mother used as savings-bank and from
which she took the 500 of hard-earned
money which gave Cornelius his start in
life and was the beginning of the Van
derbilt millions. 1t is rare old treas.
ure
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Most of the modern Popes, says
st. Janaes's Gazette have been ascetics,
and Leo XIII. is no exception to the rule.
His Holiness rises at o'clock alike in
summer and in winter; and Immediately
he is dressed he says mass in his private
chapel. Then he "assists" at another
mass celebrated by prelate of the
household, and at seven he breakfasts.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

THERE is a monument in England, on
which is engraved that it is erected in
memory of the auihor Of this remark:
"Ihe itch of disputation is the seab of
the church"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

The widow of Ezekiel Webster, an
elder brother Of Daniel Webster, was
born with the century, but she reads all
the current literature, hears well, and
eonverees with great intelligence on the
current topics of the day.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

IF the Sunday laws we're enforced,
nine-tenths of the Sunday crimes in the
cities would disappear.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Premier Crispi, of Italy, was pri-
vate in Garibaldi's GLORIOUS thousand"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

One OF the Stuart Kings of Eng
land asked the release of number of
Huguenots, who were languishing in the
Bastile for no offense but their religion.
what would your master say" retort-
ed the French king, "if were to ask the
release Of the criminals he keeps under
lock and key in Newgate?" "He would
let you have every man OF them il you
claimed them as BRETHREN" was the clev-
or retort OF the English ambassador.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

KING Humbert, of Italy, has always
been an abstainer from liquors and al
most a total sbstamer from wine. He
has smoked cigars quite freely if not ex-
cessively. About three months ago he
noticed that something in his habits was
hurting his health. Physicians said it
was the cigars and limited at more mod
GRAFTON. The K ng at once declared
against all use of tobacco and has done
no smoking since. His health has shown
gratifying improvement.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

Hugh Whittel, Forty miner, who
died few days ago at Alameda, CAL, at
the age OF seventy-seven years, erected
his own monument some years ago. It
is splendid marble shaft, bearing his
name and the date OF his birth and death
and this epitaph: He Travelled over
the First Railway Ever Built in England,
and Crossed the Atlantic in the First
Steamship that Ever Ploughed the Ocean.
He Explored Many Lands and Died in
the Fulness of the Faith. Amen"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

George Macdonald, the famous
British novelist, poet and preacher, is
man 63 years of age, though he does not
look more than 40. He derives hand.
some income from thirty volumes OF nov
els and nine volumes of poetry. He re-
ceives an annual pension of $500 from
the Queens civil list as compliment to
his literary ability. AS a preacher he
has high reputation. HIS delivery is
most impressive and his discourses are
both scholarly and broad-minded
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

The New York Home Journal has
the following interesting paragraph:
"Some OF the papers are copying para
graph about Henry T. Finck, whose re-
cent book, Romantic Love and Personal
Beauty is being widely noticed. This
paragraph says that he was once Har-
ward student; that in those days he was
thin-faced, hollow-eyed young man with
auburn hair and freckles, and that he
burned the midnight oil while reading
Schopenhauer and other German pessi-
mists. In these days, let us add, Mr..
Finck is a fne-loobing, well-developed
man,about thirty years old, with remark
ably good complexion, whose healthy,
delicate color girl might envy. He no
longer burns the midnight oil, but does
his literary work in the bright morning
hours, and deyotes his evenings to recre-
alton.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-10-01

The late Richard Jefferies, author
of "The Game-keepsr at Home" was an
occasional contributor to Mr.. Edmund
Yates's World, and that journal give
this account of him: A man of middle
age, his tall and almost gaunt figure clad
in loose coat, the pale and transparent
complexion of his strongly marked and
handsome features, and the fine texture
of his hair and of his long brown beard,
were suggestive of a frail organization;
while the soft dreamy eyes overshad-
owed by brows powerful and full of char
acter, favored the conclusion that the
strain OF intellectual thought and the
constant indulgence in metaphysical spec
ulation had much to answer for in bring
ing about his constant state of corporal
weakness.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
improvements Mt the Lake.

Placer county has wisely con-
tributed the sum of $500 towards
building a good wagon road from
Tahoe to McKinney's. A. j. Bay
ley, Of the Grand Central Hotel
has had charge of the work. and
the road is now nearly completed.
A substantial bridge will be built
across Blackwood Creek. The
road when completed will be one of
the finest drives around the lake
as it is located on the lake shore a
distance of Is miles. 1t is the IN
tention of Mr.. Bayley to construct
road from the Grand Central to
Hot Springs next season.
The Truckee Republican must be
slightlyin error as the road from
Tahoe 10 Nc kinney's is one O. the
best in the county
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Pinkerton's Detectives and the
Irish Cause

New YORK, July Is. AT a
meeting of the Muni-,pal Council
of the Irish National League In this
city last night letter was read
from Michael Davitt, IN which he
saId: la my opinion ENGLAND OBJ
tains more information from Pink
~rtons American Detective Agency
about the plans aud doing of Irish
American organizations than by
any other channel"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Special Notice.

c. w. Booten, the famous auc-
tioneer having consented to return
to Carson for One Week Only, Olco-
vich Brothers will have daily auc.
ton sales again on Saturday the 9th
inst. at 2 P. M. and at 7:30 P. M. and
continue the same daily at same
hours until Saturday the 10Th of
July All are cordially invited to
attend. OLCOvICH BROS.
Jly7 IF
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16

There was good audience last
evening to witness the elocutionary
performance of the pupils of Miss
S.annus. Everybody was astonish-
ed and delighted at the progress
made and all who appeared received
oceans of applause. Miss Maudie
Doane as Lady Macbeth exceeded
the expectations of her warmest
admirers. She seems to be a horn
actress, and sails along in hish
tragedy as easily as if she had been
for years on the stage.
Miss Hawthorne has also the
grace and self assurance of an old
stager and her performance as
usual brought full applause from
the audience. The other miniature
actresses went through their places
In most creditable shape and MISS
Stannus gave some Irish comedy
that alone gave the audience their
moneys worth.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Bicycle Notes.


Two Carson blc,cle RIDERS NEE
and talk about a. follows:
Mother fall?"
oh. just sli-ht slip"
Tore your pants | see.''
Yes. little. Got any arnica in
that bottle?"
Nav; used it all up yesterday"
Hurt much?"
Took header on the Warm
SPRINGS road and almost broke my
neck"
"How's your wrist now?"
BE all right In few days. And
your lame baek?"
Pretty bad, but I'll stick to the
machine"
Folks latin at US much?"
Guess they are. but / don't
mind that if I can learn"
What's the matter with your
machine?"
LEFT it out last night and a COW
got tangled up in it. She snaked
out four spokes."
Awful, amt it?"
Let's go up the road . piece
and mount, where the people won't
see US
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Eanry satu e Prices

The highest prices ever paid for
Hereford was given bv Adams
Earl, of Sheffield Farm, La Fa,ptte
county, Indiana. for the bull Grove
the ptice being S7,09h. The high
est plice ever paid for Short bora.
was paid for the Terth Duchess of
Geneva, li7j. by Lord Beehive. of
Uuderly Hall. We. tmoreland. Eag-
land. the price being $35.0OO
The his hestpr,ce everett red for a
HolsteIn was S2iuGn for Lady FL
gin of Elein Ill. Ii was refused:
Prince of Arts, New York Hol-
stein il valued at $4,000 aud not
for sale. As hish az SIT 900 has
been paid for Jersey. OF course
these prices are fancy and do not
govern the market Stock man.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
ThOma a WiIsey

Miss Alice Whey, a very pop
ular young lady who taught school
in this city for some time was mar.
ried to DIR. Thoma, ex-senator from
Eureka, on Wednesday lat 10 Sac
ramento by Rev. Carroll DAVIS
Everybody in Carson joins the Dr.
in congratulating him on bis good
luck in life.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Otsce.

On Sunday next, the 18th,
Bishop Whitaker will visit ST.
Peters Episcopal Church, and
preach bath morning and even
Ing. After evening service he
will administer the apostolic rit.
Of Confirmation. Public invited.
GEO. r.. DAVIS,
Rector.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
CLOUD .sga~a~.
A sscicntist who Docs Not Believe
IA. Ths IA.

a Scientist who Docs Not Believe
IA. Tn. I'm.
The scientist of the Elko
Independent concludes an article
on cloud bursts with the asser-
ton: "There can be no such
thing as cloud-burst, for clouds
are nothing more than heavy
mist or fog" If the scientist
of the Independent wishes 10
Investigate the phenomenon of
clsnd-bursts, or water-spouts, as
they are often, though less cor
rectly called, he should HE him.
self TO the Humboldt range, or
some other locality where they
OCCUR, ana spend a week or two
ut this season of the year. He
will then discover that a dark
funnel-shsped cloud, with the
small end toward the earth,
sweeps along the side orsummit
of u mountain, which bursts it.
Then the water, which was
probably kept from falling By
the rotary motion. is discharged.
an irresistible torrent,
which sweeps away everything
In its course save solid rocks.
Then, if he happens to escape |
with his life, he will be thor
convinced that there can |
be such a thing, and a very dan
ger US thing it is, as a "cloud
burst" silver State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Death of a ..romin.pt pythiap

ST LOUIS, July II. Robert F.
COwan, Supreme Keeper Of Rec
ords and Seals of the Knights f
Pvthias died here TO-DAY. He was
born in Stanton, Va, in 1870 He
represented Virginia In the Seces-
sion Convention and sat in the
Confederate Congress. He was
electeo Judge of the Equity Court
in Kansas City. He was "A R1,al
Arch Mason and Odd Fellow of
high standing. He leaves wife
aud three children.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
The Whole fSoO1.e s.aHg Must
Follow Jake Sh arp.

New YORK, July Is At the
District Attorney Office il is said
that the conviction of Sharp his
made the way clear to the convlc-
ton of the rest Of the "hondlers. >
No more trials will take place until
next Fall. Judge Barrett said in
an interview that he had during
the progress of the Sharp trial be
come sn thoroughly conv need of
the ra>calIry of the whole. lnt Of in
dIcied bribe-gIvers anu hribe-taA-
er> that he cnnl MT have any thing
more ia d. with them. A. t. Rich
mond & Kerr. he said they were
beyond the peradvpnrure IF doubt
equally "a guilty as Sharp.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
n sermon to AN rring Brother

~ sermon to an rring Brother,
1t is seldom that the APPEAL
takes the liberty of sermonizing to
an erring brother but there is a
man in this town whose conduct rs
highly reprehensible. Every once
in while he goes off to Haw-
thorne, Virginia City or Reno aud
gets on regular old time jam
boree. spending muney right and
left. It looks 90 Us that a man
who makes money in Carson ought
to spend it here. While we have
never educated over Indulgence in
the bowl. we hold that if man i.
bound to let go all holds, he should
patroniZe his own little struggling
town when he gets on "A spree
There Ia plenty of liqnar right
here In town that Will knock a
mans senses eally west and qnIckly
az anything sold in the surrounding
burgs. If y man ia given to H.
ebriety and the midnisht wassail
he should patronize the lush of his
native heather.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
Assaying COmstOck Tfmbe

A report of the doings of the San
francisco Academy of Sciences
contains the following paragraph:
Professor Hanks submitted specl-
mems Of wood, taken from the Com
stock, compressed to one-ffth of
their original width by lateral pres
sure against the wall of the mine.
One piece, submitted to analysis,
yielded both gold and silver, and
he inferred from this that if time
were given, the Comstock would
again fill up with silver.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-16
supersiitious

regard thirteen as an unlucky
number will point to the fact
that it tOok the jury in the Sharp
case thirteen minutes to convict.
and that his sentence will be
pronounced on the thirteenth oil
July. 1t is also q curious coinci-
dence that he bribed thirteen
aldermen.-Ex,